Richie Jen

Jen worked across singer, actor, television actor, film director and recording artist. The registers place that work in mandopop. This article rests on 10 issued recordings and 5 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

Richie Jen studied at Chinese Culture University and National Changhua Senior High School. The recorded working language is Standard Taiwanese Mandarin and Chinese. The field of work recorded is acting, singing and film direction. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are mandopop. Places of work recorded in the authority are Taiwan and Taiwan Island.

• Name — Richie Jen • Native Name — 任賢齊 • Born — 23 June 1966 • Birthplace — Tianzhong, Changhua, Taiwan • Occupation — * Actor • singer • songwriter • Years Active — 1990–present • Children — 2 • Education — Chinese Culture University (BA) • Awards — * Golden Melody Awards Best Video (12th) • Website — blog.yam.com/msg/richie Richie Jen Hsien-chi (born 23 June 1966), also known as Richie Ren, is a Taiwanese singer and actor. Jen debuted in December 1990 with the studio album Ask Again (再問一次). In 1996, he signed with Rock Records and released the album I Feel Good!. His breakthrough came at the end of 1996 with his fifth studio album, Too Softhearted, which sold over 1,000,000 copies in China and over 2,300,000 copies across Asia. His seventh album, Love Like Pacific Ocean (1998), became one of the best-selling albums of all time in Taiwan with over 1,200,000 copies sold. The record spawned the single "Hey Girl Look Over Here" (對面的女孩看過來), which was named the most popular song of 1998 by Hit FM in Taiwan.

Jen was born and grew up in Tianzhong Township, Changhua County, Taiwan. He attended Changhua County Tianzhong Senior High School and at the age of 21 he entered Chinese Culture University, majoring in physical education. He also started to work at a musical instrument store while learning how to play guitar.

In 1990, while a senior at CCU, Richie Jen signed a contract with Synco Cultural Corporation and released a compilation album named Towards the Rainbow (奔向彩虹). In December of that year, he released his first solo album Ask Again (再問一次). He released two more albums in 1991, Cold & Tender (冷漠與温柔), and Fly to My Own Sky (飛向自己的天空), before enlisting in the military. In 1996, he joined Rock Records, and released the album I Feel Good! (依靠), which sold 160,000 copies in Taiwan and was multi-platinum certified. His breakthrough came when the album Too Softhearted (心太軟) was released in December of that year, which sold over 1,000,000 copies in mainland China and 600,000 copies in Taiwan. The title track became largely popular in China and Taiwan. In August 1998, Jen's album Love Like Pacific Ocean (愛像太平洋) was released. The tracks "Unknown Pleasures" (任逍遥) "The Sad Pacific" (傷心太平洋) from the album were the opening and closing theme songs of the 1998 series The Return of the Condor Heroes, respectively. The record peaked at number one on the IFPI Taiwan album chart and sold over 1,200,000 copies in Taiwan, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time in the country. Jen also starred in the Condor Heroes, playing Yang Guo. In 2005, Jen joined EMI, and his first album from EMI Old Place (老地方) was released a year later. In 2008, Jen signed a contract with East Asia Records (東亞唱片).

In July 2001, prior to his concert in Shenyang, Jen donated ¥30,000 to a family who was unable to afford heart surgery for their one-year old daughter after learning about their situation through a news report. In May 2023, the same girl and her mother attended Jen's concert in Shenyang and publicly thanked him for his life-saving donation. The woman's expression of gratitude was captured on video and quickly became viral on Weibo.

In 2002, Jen married former fashion designer Tina Chen (陳則妤). They have two children together, a daughter and a son. They live in Hong Kong.

• Midnight Diner 深夜食堂 (2017) • Infernal Affairs 无间道 (2016) • Top Gear China 巅峰拍档 (2014–2015) • Chinese Idol 中国梦之声 (2013–2014) • Supreme Fate 富豪海灣至尊家緣 (2004) • The New Adventures of Chor Lau Heung 新楚留香 (2001) • State of Divinity 笑傲江湖 (2000) • The Return of the Condor Heroes 神雕俠侶 (1998) • Taipei Love Story 台北愛情故事 (1996) • Master Huang 黃飛鴻與十三姨 (1994) • Dreams Awakening 夢醒時分 (1994) • Hard To Forget 意難忘 (1992) • The Orphans 人海孤鴻 (1989)

• Call Me by Fire (season 2) 披荊斬棘 (2022)

Richie Jen is recorded with the occupation recording artist. Recorded with the occupation television actor. Recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded with the occupation singer. Classed in the genre mandopop. Recorded as singer, actor, film director and musician.